Idol Pleasures

Title: Idol Pleasures

Author: Fuhri Misasagi
Publisher: Deux
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Very disjointed romance, which just didn't work.

Rating: 2/5

The Good Neighbor

Title: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

Author: Maxwell King
Publisher: Henry N Abrams
ISBN: 9781419727726

Thoughts:  A wonderful tribute to the beloved entertainer/educator, but the it was very slow in the beginning.

Rating: 4/5

Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes

Title: Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes

Author: Kathleen West
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780593098400

Thoughts:  A fun take on helicopter parenting, social media, and high school theatre.

Rating: 4/5

When Time Stopped

Title: When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains

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Thoughts:  A daughter's engaging look at her search for the unspoken past of her father, a Czech holocaust survivor.

Rating: 3/5

Lost Lake

Title: Lost Lake

Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Publisher: St Martin's
ISBN: 9781250019806

Thoughts:  Highly engaging and warm novel, but it took a tad long for the magic to start.

Rating: 4/5

Snow Over Utopia

Title: Snow Over Utopia

Author: Rudolfo A. Serna
Publisher: Amazon
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  I could never really figure out what was going on, but some of it was rather distasteful.

Rating: 1/5

Ghost

Title: Ghost

Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781508230496

Thoughts:  Fun MG read with realistic characters.

Rating: 4/5

Imaginary Friend

Title: Imaginary Friend

Author: Stephen Chobosky
Publisher: Hachette
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  I never would have expected that the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower could write horror that fits with the likes of Stephen King and Joe Hill.

Rating: 5/5

Stories of Your Life and Others

Title: Stories of Your Life and Others

Author: Ted Chiang
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9781101972120

Thoughts:  Wonderful collection of short stories that are amazingly vast.

Rating: 5/5

Neighborly

Title: Neighborly

Author: Ellie Monago
Publisher: Lake Union
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Many twists and turns, and not at all what I expected.

Rating: 4/5

Packing for Mars

Title: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life i the Void

Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393068474

Thoughts:  Very accessible and humorous look at the space program.

Rating: 4/5

White Elephant

Title: White Elephant

Author: Trish Harnetiaux
Publisher: Simon Schuster
ISBN: 9781501199905

Thoughts:  Very unique, but also predictable, whodunit.

Rating: 3/5

House Lessons

Title: House Lessons: Renovating a Life

Author: Erica Bauermeister
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Story didn't really seem "memoir-worthy", but had a lot of interesting tidbits about architecture.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 5/31-7/4

Library Summer Reading Program Prize:

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

LibraryThing Early Review:

Ruins of Sapphire by Justine Alley Dowsett

The Book of Longings

Title: The Book of Longings

Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Very uneven story for me - parts were very enjoyable, but others just dragged.

Rating: 3/5

Slumgirl Dreaming

Title: Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars

Author: Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod, & Divya Dugar
Publisher: Delcorte
ISBN: 9780385739085

Thoughts:  Fast-paced biography that helps kids experience what life is like in the Mumbai slums.

Rating: 3/5